History Videos for Kids

Use the links below or the menu on your right to view the video gallery.

Enjoy the re-enactments, documentaries, primary source text, and so much more. Hundreds of Videos for FREEEE.

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History Videos for Kids–Don’t you just love ’em?

Well, so do I, so I came up with a way to create a gallery of history videos for kids! These videos cover the four year history cycle–ancient history, medieval history, early modern history, and modern history.

If you are one of those teachers that like to use videos to help your children understand history, then you’re gonna love these videos.

Our galleries of videos were created by researching the BEST YouTube history videos for kids that we could find.

To learn about the type of content in the galleries, and how to view the videos, see below.

www.brookdalehouse.comHistory Video Gallery

Not surprisingly, there are some amazing people in this world, and many of these people post amazing content on YouTube. They generously make these history videos for kids available for free.

The hard part is finding what you need when you need it. It takes hours and hours and hours and… more hours to research and find the best content.

Well, I like to have our school resources available ahead of time. So, I put it in some hours. I researched a bunch of videos and created this free gallery for all of us teachers. 🙂

Almost 400 videos.

I’m actually not done yet, but I’ll keep adding videos as I find them. And the modern videos aren’t completely finished. I have about 20 or so to add to round that gallery out. I decided to share them anyway because I know many parents are planning right now, and some may need this resource sooner rather than later.

I have to say that I’m amazed at the content I found. It’s utterly amazing. You can see more below.

How To View the History Videos

I have to mention that whether you use our gallery of history videos for kids or someone else’s collection or even history DVDs that you purchase, you have to preview and verify that the content is appropriate for your students. Even though we tried to select videos by teachers, experts, and professionals, only you can verify that the content meet your standards.

For instance, we’ve included religious lectures by a Rabbi explaining Judaism. If you’re not Jewish, you may want to explain those videos to your children.

We have included talks by Catholic priests explaining the lives of certain saints. If you’re not Catholic, you may want to explain those videos to your children.

We have included a video with quotes from the Tao, an ancient Chinese book. You may want to explain that information to your students.

How I Determined What to Include in the Galleries

Originally, I created the gallery for my kids for our study of early modern history this year. I made sure to include videos that would coordinate with my elementary writing curriculum–Writing Through History. As my children read and write about various history topics, they can now watch educational videos that give background information on the history topics covered.

News report of the life of Elizabeth Van Lew–a woman that helped the Union will the Civil War

The audio recording of former slaves speaking about their experiences

Clips of modern historical events

Living History–Lady portraying Sojourner Truth and reading her famous speech in character!

Clip of the bombing of Hiroshima

Note: The Bill of Rights rap created by the most amazing young men is incredible! Here is my affiliate link to their file of smart songs available on amazon.com If you want your students to memorize the presidents, buy their file. They are talented young men, using their talents for good!

If you do use history videos to supplement history, check out the video galleries we have available:

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